The "Historical" categories of the Trophée Mondial, which have been awarded for 66 years without any interruption, are the Classicial and Variety, divided into Senior (maximum age 35 in the year of the competition) and Junior (Maximum age 18 in the year of the competition).

The Trophée Mondial publishes the daily news of its candidates, delegates, sponsors, on the official page of the CMA at the address: Trophée Mondial de l’Accordéon.

The candidates and delegates of the Conféderation Mondiale share this information on their Facebook page, exponentially increasing the visibility of the activities of the CMA.

Television

The TV program "Au Bonheur de Nacre" hosted by Pascal Savard on LMTV regularly broadcasts information about the Trophée Mondial, inviting its supporters and Prizewinners. In 2017, a monthly special page will be reserved for the Trophée Mondial and its sponsors. All the programs are broadcast on TV on the one hand, but immediately after their broadcast, are downloaded on Dailymotion and shared on all social networks.

Many further details concerning the organization of the 2017 Trophée Mondial to be hosted in Onet-le-Château (France) will be communicated to you as soon as possible on the official website of the CMA: www.CMA-Accordions.com

On behalf of the CMA Executive, composed of Anna Bodell - Secretary General, Jacques Mornet and Raymond Bodell - Vice-Presidents, It remains for me to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for you, your loved ones and your family.

Frédéric Deschamps

Président de la Confédération Mondiale de l’Accordéon

CMA News

Find all the latest information of the international delegations, juries and candidates for the Trophée Mondial, Master Classes, Concert and any other activity of the CMA artistes on the first page of the official website of the CMA at:

The activities of the Trophée Mondial are published every month in the magazine Nationale Française and then scanned and shared on all social networks.

Promotion of the Trophée Mondial

CMA Channel & the CMA Youtube Channel

The Trophée Mondial was the first and remains the only international competition to be broadcast live on a WEB TV, which represents the best current vector of promotion, through its free distribution on social networks.

Statistic from the WEB TV CMA CHANNEL

More than 150,000 "unique" visitors during the period of the Trophée Mondial.

More than 130 Countries between 1000 and 25 000 views for each video of the candidates during the performances of the Trophée Mondial.

Following the Trophée Mondial, all the videos of each candidate are uploaded onto Youtube: CMA Youtube Channel and shared by all candidates, national delegates and accordion fans around the world.

Prizemoney of the Categories

20 000 Euros of prizes to be paid by the organizer + 4000 Euros collected from the official Sponsors of the CMA will be distributed as follows:

Senior Classic : Senior Variety :

1st: 7000€ 1st: 3000€

2nd: 2000€ 2nd: 1000€

3rd: 1000€ 3rd: 600€

Junior Classical: Junior Variety: Master Category

1st: 800€ 1st: 800€ 1st: 800€

2nd: 600€ 2nd: 600€ 2nd: 600€

3rd: 400€ 3rd: 400€ 3rd: 400€

Composition Contest : World Music Project :

1st: 1000€ 1st: 1000€

Jazz : 1000€

Chamber Music Classic : 1000 €

DIGITAL : To be announced

International Jury at the Trophée Mondial

The Jury of the Trophée Mondial is composed of the best international teachers, composers and performers. For the sake of fairness, honesty and objectivity, it is important to note that in the Trophée Mondial, each category is judged by a minimum of 15 jury members and the two lowest and highest are deleted for each candidate. The members of the international jury are not allowed to judge their own students, nor the candidates representing the same country, and absolutely not the right to communicate with each other about the candidates during the duration of the Trophée Mondial. The notes of each member of the jury will be published on the Official Website of the Confédération Mondiale after the declaration of the results.

New Creations for 2017

Jazz category : from 1 to 8 elements maximum

Digital Festival

Category Classical Chamber Music

National Trophy Categories

This new competition parallel to the Trophée Mondial proposes categories adapted for each accordionist with very accessible, free and short programs, organized in the following way :

National Trophy 10 and under

National Trophy 12 and under

National Trophy 14 and under

National Trophy Classical 16 and Under

National Trophy Variety 16 and Under

National Trophy Classical 18 and Under

National Trophy Variety 18 and Under

National Trophy Classical Senior 19 and Over

National Trophy Variety 19 to 35

Adultes Passionnés Amateurs 36 and Over

Adultes Passionnés Confirmés 36 and Over

World Musette Championship :

Mini Musette 12 and Under

Musette 13 to 35

The advantages of the National Trophy Section are many :

- facility of the Trophée Mondial by allowing young pupils and their teachers to have access to the different categories of the Trophée Mondial - Obvious source of motivation of identification and emulation.

- Gives the possibility to New Emerging Accordionistic Delegations to join the CMA.

- Promotion of new accordion repertoire, new pedagogical techniques.

- Promotion of the winners of the Trophée Mondial to national schools (direct contacts with potential organizers)

- Training of young professors as international jury. All professors presenting candidates at the National Trophy may officiate there as Jury.

The Accordion is a recent instrument and its repertoire is in perpetual evolution. The Trophée Mondial is undoubtedly one of the most flexible international competitions having assumed responsibility to accompany the evolution of this instrument by creating ceaselessly new categories representing the different forms of evolution and of its repertoire as was the case for Examples with the category Diatonic in Pineto (Italy) in 2011, Bayan Mix in Samara (Russia) in 2013, World Music in Kaunas (Lithuania) in 2014, National Trophy in Martigny (Switzerland) in 2015, while maintaining the traditional categories of the Trophée Mondial namely :

Classic Categories - Senior and Junior

Variety Categories - Senior and Junior Category

Master Classic - Senior catagory in only 1 single round with a maximum duration of 20 minutes.

The Trophée Mondial 2017 will be held from 23 to 29 October in Onet-le-Château (France). (See Annex)

The Trophée Mondial de l’Accordéon

Created in 1951, the Confédération Mondiale de l’Accordéon organizes every year the Trophée Mondial in a different country. This itinerant competition of the highest international level brings together nearly 40 national delegations from all continents. The latter have the responsibility every year to select the best candidates from their respective countries.

The Trophée Mondial de l'Accordéon aims to contribute to the development of the international level of artists and consequently to the pedagogical techniques, the repertoire and finally the instrumental structure of the Accordion in general.

The number of candidates participating in the Trophée Mondial has been rising steadily in recent years. More than 100 candidates per year since 2013 and are expected to exceed 200 in 2017, thanks to the creation of new categories tailored to the reality of the Accordion in 2017 and to the customs and traditions of the host country - Trophée Mondial 2017 to be held in France.